Fourteen of the 15 boxes retrieved during an FBI raid on former US president Donald Trump’s Florida residence contained classified records, with 25 of the documents marked top secret, an affidavit has revealed.
The US Justice Department released the partly-restricted affidavit on Friday explaining the justification for the search at the Mar-a-Lago property on 8 August.
The document, even in its redacted form, offers new details about the ongoing criminal investigation that has brought fresh legal peril for Mr Trump just as he lays the groundwork for another presidential run.
Though Justice Department officials were expected to have removed sensitive details about witnesses, and the scope and direction of the probe, the affidavit offers the fullest description yet about the events leading up to the 8 August search of Mar-a-Lago.
